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Impairment of an endothelial NAD(+)-H2S signaling network is a reversible cause of vascular aging

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Das, Abhirup, Huang, George X., Bonkowski, Michael S., Longchamp, Alban, Li, Catherine, Schultz, Michael B., Kim, Lynn-Jee, Osborne, Brenna +14 more·2018·Cell

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A decline in capillary density and blood flow with age is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Understanding why this occurs is key to future gains in human health. NAD precursors reverse aspects of aging, in part, by activating sirtuin deacylases (SIRT1-SIRT7) that mediate the benefits of exercise and dietary restriction (DR). We show that SIRT1 in endothelial cells is a key mediator of pro-angiogenic signals secreted from myocytes. Treatment of mice with the NAD+ booster nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) improves blood flow and increases endurance in elderly mice by promoting SIRT1-dependent increases in capillary density, an effect augmented by exercise or increasing the levels of hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), a DR mimetic and regulator of endothelial NAD+ levels. These findings have implications for improving blood flow to organs and tissues, increasing human performance, and reestablishing a virtuous cycle of mobility in the elderly.

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  • NADP boosters can be used to resolve the NAD depletion issue and are able to prevent senescence in ECs and VSMCs.

    “NADP boosters (nicotinamide mononucleotide,158 nicotinamide riboside,159 P7C3,160 apigenin161) can be used resolve the NAD depletion issue and are able to prevent senescence in ECs158 and VSMCs.159”
  • NMN supplementation increased endothelial cell number and improved endothelial cell function by increasing blood flow and endurance in elderly mice via a SIRT1-dependent mechanism.

    “NMN supplementation also increased the number of endothelial cells and improved endothelial cell function by increasing blood flow and endurance in elderly mice by a SIRT1-dependent mechanism210.”
  • Premature endothelium senescence reversibly triggers vascular ageing and the age-associated decrease in exercise endurance in old mice.

    “It was reported that premature endothelium senescence reversibly triggers vascular ageing and the age-associated decrease in exercise endurance in old mice [42].”

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Das, A., Huang, G. X., Bonkowski, M. S., Longchamp, A., Li, C., Schultz, M. B., Kim, L.-J., Osborne, B., Joshi, S., Lu, Y., Treviño-Villarreal, J. H., Kang, M.-J., Hung, T.-T., Lee, B., Williams, E. O., Igarashi, M., Mitchell, J. R., Wu, L. E., Turner, N., Arany, Z., Guarente, L., & Sinclair, D. A.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • UNSW Sydney (AU)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
Corresponding author
  • Guarente, Leonard
  • Sinclair, David A.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-03
Volume
173
Issue
1
Pages
74-89.e20
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2791288341
Cited by
496
References
87
Citations by year
2026: 41 · 2025: 72 · 2024: 55 · 2023: 65 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 84 · 2020: 64 · 2019: 37 · 2018: 28
FWCI
36.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2019-02-07)
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Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Glenn Foundation for Medical Research (RO1 AG028730, RO1 DK100263)
  • Sinclair Gift Fund
  • Edward Schulak (APP1093643)
  • NIH/NIA (RO1 AG015339)
  • NIH/NHLBI (RO1 HL094499)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Sulfur Compounds in Biology
Keywords
endothelial cells, NAD+, hydrogen sulfide, vascular aging, blood flow
MeSH terms
Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alpha, Aging, Animals, Humans, Hydrogen Sulfide, Mitochondria, NAD, Physical Conditioning, Animal, Signal Transduction, Mice, Knockout, Muscle, Skeletal, Neovascularization, Physiologic, RNA Interference, RNA, Small Interfering, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Endothelial Cells, Mice, Receptors, Notch, Microvessels, Sirtuin 1

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